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These deep glacial sands provide it with a remarkably stable flow of clean cold water year round, making it a popular river for fishing as well as canoeing. Over the course of its length, it drops in elevation from around 1,250 to 579 feet (381 to 176 m), with an average stream gradient of about 2.9 feet per mile (55 cm/km).
Like the northern pike and other aggressive pikes, the body plan is typical of ambush predators with an elongated body, flat head, and dorsal, pelvic, and anal fins set far back on the body. Muskellunge are typically 70–120 cm (28–48 inches) long and weigh 7–16.5 kg (15–36 lb), [ 6 ] though some have reached up to 1.8 m (6 ft) and ...
"Walleye chop" is a term used by walleye anglers for rough water typically with winds of 10 to 25 km/h (6 to 16 mph), and is one of the indicators for good walleye fishing due to the walleyes' increased feeding activity during such conditions. In addition to fishing this chop, night fishing with live bait can be very effective.
High clouds thinned out for a good view of the Northern Lights here at NWS Marquette just after 10PM. Red color is easily seen with the eye and is especially vivid through the camera.
It is the largest inland lake in the state of Michigan, and one of the largest natural inland lakes in the United States (many man-made impoundments are much larger). The lake is approximately 10 miles (16 km) north to south, and about 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (8.9 km) at it widest point.
The northern pike gets its common name from its resemblance to the pole-weapon known as the pike (from the Middle English for 'pointed'). Various other unofficial trivial names are common pike, Lakes pike, great northern pike, great northern, northern (in the U.S. Upper Midwest and in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan), jackfish, jack, slough shark, snake, slimer ...
A large fireball lit up the skies over large portions the U.S. and Canada Monday evening. The American Meteor Society reported 436 sightings of the fireball, which was seen from northern Michigan ...
The Pike River is an 11.6-mile-long (18.7 km) [2] stream in Houghton County in the U.S. state of Michigan.. The river begins in Portage Township at , flows northeast into Chassell Township, and empties into Pike Bay of Portage Lake at 1] near the community